November 20, 2012 (KHARTOUM) – The rebel Sudan People’s Liberation Movement North (SPLM-N) has leveled scathing criticism against the Islamic Movement (IM) conference, saying it further embroiled the Sudanese regime in the projects of international Islamism which threatens national security.

In a press release issued on Tuesday, SPLM-N’s secretary-general Yasir Arman said that the IM’s 8th General Conference which was held in Khartoum on 16 and 17 November has entrenched the association of the Sudanese regime with regional and international alliances of Islamism therefore rendering the country’s national security prone to violations.

The IM conference was held with the participation of 4,000 members and prominent foreign Islamists including Khalid Mishal, the leader of the Palestinian militant organization Hamas, and Rashid al-Ghannushi, the leader of Tunisia’s Ennahda Movement.

But the Godfather of Islamism in Sudan and leader of the Popular Congress Party (PCP), Hassan Al-Turabi, dismissed the conference as nothing but an attempt by their rival, the ruling National Congress Party (NCP), to monopolize Islamism and exclude his party.

Arman said that the conference “has placed Sudan in an international and regional confrontation starting with his close neighbors Saudi Arabia and [Arab] Gulf [countries]”

The conference sparked a regional controversy after the chief of police in Dubai, UAE, publicly criticized the speech delivered at the conference by the general guide of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt, Mohammed Badi.

The UAE official, Dahi Khalfan, tweeted that Badi’s speech from Sudan is a declaration of hostility against Gulf countries that he hopes will be "swept by the river of his revolution”.

The IM conference came a few weeks after an alleged Israel airstrike destroyed a Khartoum arms factory rumoured to be linked to Iran.

The SPLM-N official called for the necessity of disengaging the clash between the projects of international Islamist movements and the interests of Sudanese people. He added that the conference did not discuss any issue related to Sudanese people but rather focused on how to consolidate the regime.

Arman also called on the IM’s youth who really want change to distance themselves from the IM and join youth groups seeking change of the regime of president Omer Al-Bashir.

Meanwhile, the IM’s newly elected secretary-general, Al-Zubair Ahmad Al-Hassan, said in a press conference on Tuesday that the final recommendations of the IM’s conference called for greater government attention to improving the economy and agriculture while supporting social security services and basic commodities.

He added that the conference participants also called for improving foreign relations and ending wars in the country’s border regions of South Kordofan and Blue Nile while continuing the peace process in Darfur.

(ST)

Comments on the Sudan Tribune website must abide by the following rules. Contravention of these rules will lead to the user losing their Sudan Tribune account with immediate effect.

- No inciting violence
- No inappropriate or offensive language
- No racism, tribalism or sectarianism
- No inappropriate or derogatory remarks
- No deviation from the topic of the article
- No advertising, spamming or links
- No incomprehensible comments

Due to the unprecedented amount of racist and offensive language on the site, Sudan Tribune tries to vet all comments on the site.

There is now also a limit of 400 words per comment. If you want to express yourself in more detail than this allows, please e-mail your comment as an article to comment@sudantribune.com

Kind regards,

The Sudan Tribune editorial team.

21 November 2012 07:58, by Jalaby

HAHAHAHAHA
Mr. Arman, this type of language you’re using will no longer bring you any sympathy with the west countries any more after the south is separated, what type of system/regime that we choose in Sudan is completely concerning us only, Sudanese people will decide in a democratic way the type of system and government that will satisfy them,

you know idiot Arman that we as Sudanese people are very moderate people, of course you can find some extremists here and there (people like you) but the majority of Sudanese people are very moderate therefore we will never go for religious state, in the same time we will never go for secular state that dictate us under the name of "secularism" but we will go for the civil state

that blended its values from our tradition, habit and reference to our superb Islamic values!
Person like Arman knows very well he can’t even make 1% of Sudanese voters and has no supporters at all!
Any person who wants to impose specific system on us by force (such as secular system or what ever) without going through free and real election we will never accept it but we will

accept any type of system even communist system as long as that’s the Sudanese choice!
People like Mr. No Logic who is very very sensitive to the word "Islam" and doesn’t want to hear it at all and not ready to accept any system other than the "secularism" even if it comes through a democratic election, he can go and live in S Sudan because he can find the "New Sudan" that he

"fought" for so long to make it real, the south is implementing the "new Sudan" ideology now and that’s why you can see the south is: democratic, homogeneous, no corruption, no tribalism, no marginalization, the state of law and be more specific "the state-of-art"!
Mr. No Logic and alike can go and live there,why not living in that paradise state?!

Abo Dirty Jalabiya... aka Al-baleed!
loooool... ah boy u made me laugh! The fact that you keep mentioning me in that fashion indicates your respect for me. I
In terms of politics, you have nothing for me son, you’re either an empty misguided fanatic or a regime loyalist/ agent/ brainwashed sympathizer. Pathetic fool

I like Obama who has displayed very subtle but surgical elimination of Jihadism and Islamic alliance. All are gone except Syria which is going soon, followed by the NCP and Iran will naturally fall and that’s it

Zulu: what are you saying? Obama has been the jihadists’ best friend. He has helped the Muslim Brotherhood gain power in Egypt, Tunisia and Libya and the only uprising he DIDN’T support was the Iranian one which was AGAINST Islamism. He has done nothing to stop Iran getting nuclear bombs. Oh, and he has facilitated Brotherhood infiltration into the White House. "Subtle" enough for you?

The Berlin Meeting: What’s at stake?2015-02-25 11:33:06
By the Sudan Democracy First Group (SDFG)
Between 25 and 27 February, Berlin will become the hub for the Sudanese unarmed and armed opposition, invited by the German Foreign Ministry and the (...)

Can a democratic government extend its own life?2015-02-23 07:32:25
By Dr Lam Akol
Last Thursday, the government tabled before parliament an amendment bill in order to amend the Constitution for the Government to extend its life for two more years. In a (...)

Press Release from the SPLM/A (IO) in Uganda2015-02-11 09:39:09
February 10, 2015
1. The office of the SPLM/A (IO) and the presence of its diplomatic representation that was established under the Kampala outcome of the 21st August 2014 is operational and has (...)